Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Criss Cross
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
11 posts | 22 read | 4 to read
Debbie is wishing something would happen. Something good. To her. Soon. In the meantime, Debbie loses a necklace and finds a necklace (and boy does the necklace have a story to tell), she goes jeans shopping with her mother (an accomplishment in diplomacy), she learns to drive shift in a truck (illegally), she saves a life (directly connected to being able to drive, thus proving something), she takes a bus ride to another town (in order to understand what it feels like to be from "elsewhere"), she meets a boy (who truly is from "elsewhere"), but mostly she hangs out with her friends: Patty, Hector, Lenny, and Phil. Their paths cross. Their stories crisscross. And in Lynne Rae Perkins's remarkable book, a girl and her wish grow up. Illustrated throughout with blackandwhite pictures, comics, and photographs by the author. Ages 10+
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
calmaxtra
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image
Pickpick

2/52: Criss Cross

I thought this book was incredibly charming. It really shows how life is as a teenager without love and drama. The pictures in the book really added to the story. Despite a lot of negative opinions on it, I couldn‘t put this book down.

#Books #Review #ReadingChallenge

review
amber_ldsmom
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image
Pickpick

I am baffled as to why this is rated so low on Goodreads. It really is a great book about kids who are stuck between the age of wanting to be close to their parents and wanting to become individuals and how their paths cross. It was written with a subtle humor, and I found myself giggling nearly every chapter. #NewberyEpicChallenge

TheBookHippie One of my daughters favorites ! I‘ve gifted to several teens who just love it. 4y
19 likes1 stack add1 comment
review
Butterfinger
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image
Pickpick

I fell in love with this mellow book. A band of childhood friends enjoyed a summer of hanging out, learning how to drive, meeting new people, helping neighbors. There was no plot centered around drugs or gangs or sex. Just doing what real teens should be doing - growing up with close friends.

#MellowYellow #BBRC @LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch

#NewberyEpicChallenge @amber_ldsmom

amber_ldsmom Can‘t wait to dig into this one! 4y
LibrarianRyan 😁❤️👍🏻 4y
Trashcanman We can share ideas. 4y
33 likes1 stack add4 comments
blurb
Butterfinger
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image

For anyone interested. @amber_ldsmom

amber_ldsmom Thanks for spreading the word! 🥰 4y
25 likes1 comment
blurb
amber_ldsmom
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image

#NewberyEpicChallenge books for August!

Cross Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold

Butterfinger They both look great. I haven't heard of either of them. 4y
keys_on_fire So what is this challenge? I‘ve been trying to read through the Newbery‘s myself... 4y
amber_ldsmom @keys_on_fire We are reading two Newberys a month till we get to all of them. It will takes a few years (ha!), so jump in at any time. 😁 4y
11 likes3 comments
review
Abby2
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
Pickpick

Great middle grade story. Loved the thoughts from their young minds.

review
youngreadrshelf
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image
Pickpick

A book with all-around good kids that you don't notice much at the front and center. They are true and believable and we peek into their lives at their most self-conscious stage. Narrated by Debbie who wants something big fto happen, and Hector who feels like he is unfinished. They spend the summer discovering selves, their changes, and each other. No big dramatic moments, but just some very real teens here. Some funny moments. #NewberyChallenge

51 likes2 stack adds
blurb
youngreadrshelf
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image

Hotel room reading on a Friday night. Visiting college and competing in Junior Olympics for fencing 🤺 for son. So might as well continue on my #NewberyChallenge

BookaholicNatty I just saw this on our bookshelf at home tonight while browsing through our books!!! 7y
HKGirl Loved this one! 7y
AmyG Good luck to your son! My niece used to fence. 7y
See All 7 Comments
youngreadrshelf @HKGirl so far I like it, but a Newbery winner? I don‘t see it yet. 7y
youngreadrshelf @BookaholicNatty but haven‘t read it? 7y
BookaholicNatty Nope didn‘t even know it was there lol 7y
53 likes2 stack adds7 comments
blurb
MadisonFeltis
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image

A Newbery Award winning, RF novel about 14 year old Debbie and her wish that something would happen to her. I‘d like this story in my classroom best as independent reading. Essay writing and other lesson plans below!
http://www.bookrags.com/lessonplan/criss-cross/
#ucflae3414f17

MichelleL Love the lesson plan! This will definitively be relatable to high schoolers 7y
1 like1 comment
review
DaphneLee
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
post image
Pickpick

This was my second time reading this book and I fell in love all over again.

review
ebknitter
Criss Cross | Lynne Rae Perkins
Pickpick

I love books like this where you get to spend a lot of time in the character's heads. A+!